Mallory O'Bier

@Ingrdrd @jadamae thank you for saying so. Your praise encourages me to continue with poetry writing. This is one of the few poems I have written that I think is any good, but you make me want to edit the bad ones and see if I can’t make something of them after all. Who knows? 🙂

As to the name, I’m so glad we’re all of the same mind! That…[Read more]

@Ingrdrd @jadamae thank you for saying so. Your praise encourages me to continue with poetry writing. This is one of the few poems I have written that I think is any good, but you make me want to edit the bad ones and see if I can’t make something of them after all. Who knows? 🙂

As to the name, I’m so glad we’re all of the same mind! That…[Read more]

@Ingrdrd @jadamae thank you for saying so. Your praise encourages me to continue with poetry writing. This is one of the few poems I have written that I think is any good, but you make me want to edit the bad ones and see if I can’t make something of them after all. Who knows? 🙂

As to the name, I’m so glad we’re all of the same mind! That…[Read more]

I have a quick question for y’all, @kate-flournoy , @bluejay , @daeus

Did any of you guys read the poem before your read my description of what it’s about? If you did, do you think you would have enjoyed it half so much if you knew before you read that the poem described a typewriter?

I think the answer to this will significantly narrow down…[Read more]

I have a quick question for y’all, @kateflournoy , @bluejay , @daeus

Did any of you guys read the poem before your read my description of what it’s about? If you did, do you think you would have enjoyed it half so much if you knew before you read that the poem described a typewriter?

I think the answer to this will significantly narrow down…[Read more]

Thanks, will do! If I ever get it done, you will be one of the first to know:) @spradlin
In the meantime, if you want to see something I’ve written, you can check out a poem I posted under “Poetry” in a thread entitled something along the lines of, “Help! I have a nameless poem!”

Or you could wait to read it if Kingdom Pen publishes it when…[Read more]

Thanks, will do! If I ever get it done, you will be one of the first to know:) @spradlin

@daeus , thank you, I’m glad you pointed that out. In my poem, the second and last stanzas originally had “and” instead of “then” but I changed it based on a suggestion from my Editor in Chief. (My mom:)

They looked like this:

Letter and Letter
Line by Line,
White paper is marred
By a black ink design.

and

But Letter and Letter
Line by Line,…[Read more]

Gee guys, @kate-flournoy , @daeus , and @bluejay , I should have applied to you sooner! Thanks:) I can feel my creative juices being stimulated already.

I’m glad y’all like my poem. I liked it when I wrote it, but by the time I was done editing I wasn’t so sure anymore, you know?

Do y’all like the way it reads with the punctuation I chose?…[Read more]

Thanks, @spradlin , (excuse me while I get some sand out of my ear. I just spent the afternoon at the beach. Isn’t Spring great?) and @kate-flournoy ! That is reassuring.

Now I’m also wondering if posting our content here to share with each other could be considered a prior publication (disqualifier) for other sites’ contests etc. I…[Read more]

You see, @daeus , if I name it after the first line it sounds like it’s a poem about a train, and if I name it after the second, it’s a bit vague . . . it could be about a sports car, or a new pair of shoes.

As for naming it after what it’s about, @writefury , that’s kinda difficult. . .

It’s about typewritten words outlasting the machines used…[Read more]

Here, you can read it for yourselves. @writefury , @daeus , @kate-flournoy

Any name ideas or editing ideas are welcome!

Clickety-clack,
New and black;
Click-clack-ding!
And the paper rolls back.

Letter then letter
Line by line,
White paper is marred
By a black ink design.

Clickety-clack,
Old and rusted;
Years have passed
Since last it was…[Read more]

Here, you can read it for yourselves. @writefury , @daeus , @kate-flournoy

Any name ideas or editing ideas are welcome!

Clickety-clack,
New and black;
Click-clack-ding!
And the paper rolls back.

Letter then letter
Line by line,
White paper is marred
By a black ink design.

Clickety-clack,
Old and rusted;
Years have passed
Since last it was…[Read more]

Here, you can read it for yourselves. @writefury , @daeus , @kate-flournoy

Any name ideas or editing ideas are welcome!

Clickety-clack,
New and black;
Click-clack-ding!
And the paper rolls back.

Letter then letter
Line by line,
White paper is marred
By a black ink design.

Clickety-clack,
Old and rusted;
Years have passed
Since last it was…[Read more]

It looks cool, @daeus . Now, if only I can write a story short enough . . .

Sweet! @kate-flournoy I totally enjoyed this! It felt like an introduction or ballad from a novel, and a very exciting one too. I must say, I expected something cliche, but was surprised as I read to find that it never went there. A little corny, yes, but done right, if you know what I mean.

I agree with @hope that you should work on “The…[Read more]